In high school, I aspired to be a pulmonologist for obvious reasons: I wanted to aid the CF…
Tré LaRosa
Tré LaRosa is a scientific project manager, patient advocate, and writer. He has cystic fibrosis (CF) and carries two copies of the F508del mutation. He's been on Trikafta since 2019. He writes about science, living with CF, grief, family, and everything in between in an effort to get you thinking about what it means to be human. He lives in Arlington, Virginia with his fiancée Jessica and their two wonderful, lazy dogs, Duncan and Leo. He enjoys playing sports, being outdoors, and reading — and especially buying more books.
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Articles by Tré LaRosa
My Family Had 2 Children with CF
It was unlikely that my parents would bear two children with CF. When both parents carry a CF…
My Thoughts on Exercise and CF
It’s hard to understate the benefits of exercise for healthy people, let alone people with CF. According to…
A couple of months ago, I did back-of-the-envelope calculations on basic CF stats. Here’s what I asked: In…
If you’ve ever met more than one person with cystic fibrosis, it’s likely they had very different experiences than you.
I ecstatically joined Cystic Fibrosis News Today in September because it was my first major opportunity to generate CF discussion.
One of my earliest memories from elementary school was leaving class a little early before lunch to go to the…
When Serena Lawrence, the late Bionews senior columns editor, responded to my email about potentially writing for Cystic…
If you keep up with CF research, you may have seen the news about Phase 3 of the triple…
The period between Halloween and New Year’s — what I usually call “the Holidays” — is the time of year…